Progressive Women: A Comparison of Women’s Status in France, Morocco, and Tunisia

Authors

Margo Alana Larson, Brigham Young University
Dr. Donna Lee Bowen, Brigham Young University

Keywords

progressive women, women's status, France, Morocco, Tunisia, status rights

College

Family, Home, and Social Sciences

Department

Political Science

Abstract

Western perception of Muslim women remains riddled with negative stigmas regarding women’s perceived lack of personal status rights. France as the center of all cultural advances was thought of as being advanced in the area of female status rights as well. As ideas moved from this Parisian cultural center to North Africa—the periphery of French civilization, North African female status laws were modified. Yet who can to say these changes were for the good or were in areas in which the French were more advance? This thesis has examined the idea that Western women have gained rights more quickly and of a greater quality than women in Muslim countries.

Recommended Citation

Larson, Margo Alana and Bowen, Dr. Donna Lee (2013) "Progressive Women: A Comparison of Women’s Status in France, Morocco, and Tunisia," Journal of Undergraduate Research: Vol. 2013: Iss. 1, Article 371.
Available at: https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/jur/vol2013/iss1/371